A measure of daily distress in practising medicine

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 170-180

  Lepnurm, Rein ^a   Lockhart, Wallace S ^a,b   Keegan, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Challenge; Daily stress; Distress; Practice patterns; Strain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PSYCHOMETRY;

EID: 65349094532     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370905400305     Document Type: Article

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